Wellingborough District Trip to Belgium

Really early on Saturday morning, 73 members of Wellingborough District Scouts gathered at our District headquarters. We were excited to be on our way to visit the World War One Cemeteries.

First, we had a long coach journey to the Channel Tunnel. We passed the time by eating our breakfast, and our lunch as well as lots of sweets.

On the way to the tunnel, we picked up Jo and John, our battlefield guides. They proved to be really important to help us understand what we were seeing. As we travelled through France they told us about how the war had started and given us an idea of what Belgium had been like before the war. Many of the soldiers at the beginning of the war thought that the war would be over quickly. The armies were full of professional soldiers and those who joined up for adventure. Later both sides conscripted young men into their armies, as the war dragged on.

Our first stop was Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. The cemetery is on the site of a Casualty Clearing station. This meant that most of the men buried here are known by their names. The cemetery was very peaceful and well kept with lots of plants and flowers. We learned that an organisation named the Commonwealth War Graves Commission looks after the cemetery.

Making Overstone Camp site a better place to visit

Mandy Brooker Group Scout Leader at 22nd NORTHAMPTON writes I was very privileged to have held our first Group camp in many years, 20 young people from Beavers Cubs and Scouts attended the camp the weekend the clocks went back!

Discussing our World Challenge badges and how we can make our world a better place to live we planted 400 daffodil bulbs by Knights Lodge. These bulbs were very kindly donated to our Group from HARLESTONE HEATH GARDEN CENTRE, and we are very pleased that they were able to support us in our venture.

Thank you too goes to my leadership team who made the weekend such a success.

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Beavers Feed the Homeless

1st Wootton Rooks Beavers helped the homeless of Northampton. Each lodge was asked to bring in a type of food for pack-ups for the homeless in preparation for this weeks session. We were visited by the local charity, 100 Ladles, who talked to the children about being homeless and what the charity does to help them and how we all can help and get involved.

The children made up 100 pack-ups of crisps, fruit, a chocolate biscuit and carton of juice, with a sausage roll or pasty will be added to Saturday night from a local bakery. These pack-ups will be served to the homeless and hungry of Northampton Sunday lunchtime after receiving a hot meal from the charity Saturday night.

Rooks Beavers absolutely loved this session and got a great buzz out of knowing they’ve done a good deed for the day.

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